How to retain motivated employees in their jobs?

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Abstract

This article examines the contribution of human resource management (HRM) and information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the retention of motivated employees. The author uses a representative random sample of private sector employees from Western Europe. The data set contains information on employees’ motivations, on-the-job search and workplace environment. The results show that HRM and ICT bundles are positively related to motivations. Being motivated for intrinsic and personal growth reasons decreases the likelihood to search while being motivated for rewards or compulsion reasons increases it. HRM strengthens the likelihood to search in the same way, while ICTs tend to increase the likelihood to search of all employees.

Original languageEnglish
Number of pages44
JournalEconomic and Industrial Democracy
Volume41
Issue number4
Early online date8 Jan 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2020

Keywords

  • Human resource management
  • Information and communication technologies
  • On-the-job search
  • Work motivation
  • Working conditions

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